In order to clarify the scope of its mandate and generate a concerted effort in addressing the problems of racial discrimination facing people of African descent, each of the three experts undertook to prepare a paper on a substantive topic and to submit it to the Working Group at the next session, as follows: (a) Mr. Peter Lesa Kasanda would prepare a paper on the identification and definition of “people of African descent”, exploring how racial discrimination is manifested in the various regions; (b) Mr. Georges Nicolas Jabbour would prepare a paper on the issue of reparations and people of African descent; and (c) Ms. Irina Zlătescu would prepare a paper on how to use United Nations human rights mechanisms effectively to protect and promote the human rights of people of African descent.
Peter Lesa Kasanda prepararía un documento sobre la identificación y definición de las "personas de ascendencia africana", en el que se estudiaría la forma que adopta la discriminación racial en las distintas regiones; b) el Sr. Georges Nicolas Jabbour prepararía un documento sobre la cuestión de las reparaciones y las personas de ascendencia africana; y c) la Sra. Irina Zlătescu prepararía un documento sobre la forma de utilizar eficazmente los mecanismos de derechos humanos de las Naciones Unidas para proteger y promover los derechos humanos de las personas de ascendencia africana.